Kid Eats vs Employment Pathfinder

Learn how to prepare vegetables and cook safely with your child. Kid Eats provides educational videos, healthy recipes, and a fun virtual kitchen experience suitable for youth in grades 3-6. Adults learn to facilitate kitchen knife skills for kids, with safety-oriented videos demonstrating chopping fruits and vegetables together. Kids complete the Tortilla Pizza interactive on their own, learn the steps of the recipe and prepare to cook delicious tortilla pizza in a real kitchen, with supervision. Seven healthy recipes are included. Supplemental materials, including videos of each recipe, can be found at KidEatsCooking.org. Resources were developed by New Mexico State University Media Productions in collaboration with 4-H Fitness and Nutrition Clubs In Motion (4-H FANs IM), a USDA-NIFA funded program through University of Connecticut Extension. Copyright 2017 New Mexico State University Board of Regents. This material is based upon work that is supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture, under award number 2012-68001-19956. New Mexico State University and University of Connecticut are equal opportunity employers and educators.

The employment process is a journey – start it off on the right foot! Employment Pathfinder is a pre-employment support tool for job exploration and career discovery for people with intellectual disabilities. Utilized by job coaches, job developers, vocational rehabilitation professionals and care providers, Employment Pathfinder is used to assess the job readiness, interests, and skillsets of the people they serve. The end-result of these assessments is an actionable report that provides: - The foundation needed to map out coaching strategies. - In-depth gap analysis in job seekers’ abilities and expectations. - Opportunity for job coach to weigh in for a more holistic perspective. - Suggestions and strategies for additional employment supports and tools to ensure their employment journey is a success! For individuals with intellectual disabilities, Down Syndrome, autism, and traumatic brain injuries, Employment Pathfinder is based on the principles of informed choice, and self-determination and delivers: - The opportunity to take assessments remotely and at their own pace using their tablet, phone, or pc. - Simple, clear and concise language that can be easily navigated by individuals with a wide range of intellectual and developmental disabilities. - Text-to-speech functionality for those with reading comprehension challenges. - Engaging questions that help job seekers explore their likes, dislikes, skills - and understand how those translate to real jobs with real wages. Employment Pathfinder is fueling the global movement for inclusive employment and helping job coaches create an employment journey that is both sustainable and satisfying for their clients. Please search YouTube for "CreateAbility Concepts" to check out our explainer videos!